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Sounds good Wayne. Good luck with the operation. Hopefully that doesn't hold you back too long. Take care man!:cheers:

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Originally Posted by waynieZ (Post 294043)

I just got off the phone with the architect with some fun news. It seems that Ma. just started new building code for my area. Sense I'm within 20 miles of the coast I need an engineer to stamp the plans. Were in a 110 mph zone. Not bad $250 I can live with that. But when he checked it out they decided with my wall height of 11'3" that I need shear walls. specifically for my wall height. More money , not sure how much. Their going to see if I make the foundation taller if it will let me scrape by on the wall type. The ones their talking about have metal in them plus different bolts to hold it down on the foundation. I figured it must be like Cali. standards. Plus sense my door isgoing to be 16x8 its a specific door because of the hieght over 6'8" It just gets better and better!

Be sure to get references from your contractor. The Uniform Building Code recently changed to the Universal Building Code which probably means anywhere that built without structural plans now needs them. Out here in Cali I've never seen a set of plans without structs.

Shearwalls are not a big deal, just plywood over the studs typically on the outside with a specific nailing pattern on edges and in field. The steel you speak of are hold downs. basically, posts will be installed in the walls and an anchor will be bolted or screwed to the post and then an SST bolt or similar will come up from the foundation and bolt to the anchor, thus holding the wall down to the foundation.

Your shear will follow a load path from mudsill to the roof, most likely LP clips nailed to your truss blocks, nails to the blocks, and specific nailing pattern on roof sheathing.

Been building homes since 1988 out here in Cali. Became a building inspector when the economy turned. Any questions feel free to PM me.

Thanks Sparky67
Thanks for the well wishes. Their not opening my chest ( thank god ) Their going in through my groin area with a probe and a laser. inside my heart to kill off some short circiuting nerves.
Thanks Track junky. I will do that .I have a million questions its remembering them with all this building going on.

Just got home from the hospital yesterday around noon. They did one ablation but saw many of them. They tried to plot the others but when they did it caused me to have a slight heart attack twice . No damage done but they couldn't go any ferther with the ablation. So it was pretty much a failure. I feel more palpetations now, I hope thats just because they burnt one spot in there and it will heal. Feel kind of worn out.
I gave 3 set of plans out to contractors so I can get some bids one already came by to see the property, and another is coming by either today or Fri to check it out. I hope they have good news for me.

I'm going to have about 12'11" ceiling hieght. I was going to use scissor trusses, but was wondering if I should just go with storage trusses for the extra room. The ceiling hieght should be good for just about any lift I would use. I think? lol
Wayne

Hi Wayne, just caught up on this thread, Sorry to hear the procedure didn't go as planned, hang in there!

I'm waiting for prices from three contractors. Its taking so long to get back to me. Its been almost three weeks sense I gave them the plans.Doesn't sound like their too hungry for work.

Hey Wayne,

Any luck on finding someone to build your shop/garage?

Hi Jay Yes I finally found a contractor. I knew this guy sense he was a kid his father was a carpenterand he learned from him. He was always busy. He builds house on spec. I've seen 3 houses he's built including his own. All were very nicely done. My buddy gave him a call anyway to see if he was interested. It just so happened he was getting ready to start a new house, but wanted to take his time because the market is so slow. I went to talk to him on Monday and we talked about what I wanted . At the end of the night he said he would come to see the house and where the project was going and take a set of plans. He called the next night and came over . We discussed the garage and he said he would call me by the end of the week with some numbers. I went by his house on Saturday and the price was very reasonable. I was still waitng for another contractor's price which he said he would have on Saturday. He never called with it. So I called the other guy ( Greg ) and told him he had the job. He told me to try to get the building permit which he thought might take a few weeks.
I went to the government center for the permit and finnally had some good luck. The inspector looked at the plans and gave me the permit right there. I wasn't used to having things go so easy on this project. Things are looking up!
When I got back from getting the permit I called Greg and told him I got it . He was surprised and was calling the excavation contractor and said he might be able to get started next week. From nothing being done to maybe starting next week. What turnaround!

awesome. Glad its working out. Keep us posted with pics. Christmas is coming early to the Waynie house! :willy: